Clearwater Subdivision

The Clearwater Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the Tampa Bay region of Florida.

In Sulphur Springs, the Clearwater Subdivision turns and runs west through Oldsmar, where it crosses Tampa Bay.

In Clearwater, it turns southeast, running through Largo and Pinellas Park before terminating at Fifth Avenue North in St. Petersburg near Tropicana Field.

SAL trains used what are now CSX Subdivision tracks between Gary and Clearwater, with stations in Oldsmar and Safety Harbor.

In 2015, CSX proposed to sell both the Clearwater and Brooksville Subdivisions to the Florida Department of Transportation for potential use as commuter rail.

Similar transactions between FDOT and CSX have taken place in the Miami and Orlando areas for tracks that today run the Tri-Rail and SunRail commuter lines respectively.

CSX locomotives pulling a circus train in Safety Harbor, Florida , on the Clearwater Subdivision in 1992
The Silver Meteor of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL) with shrouded steam locomotive #865 at the St. Petersburg station in 1940.
End of the line at 5th Avenue with severed track segment in the distance